ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team sent its seniors out in style, with a 65-27 victory over Southern Arkansas in the final game of the 2018-19 season at the Kerr Activities Center.

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Scoring

• First Quarter: 20-3
  • The Muleriders (2-24, 1-19 GAC) took a 3-2 lead, with 8:43 remaining
  • The Tigers (19-7, 14-6 GAC) followed with an 18-0 run through the remainder of the half
• Second Quarter: 13-10 (33-13)
  • ECU hit the first two points of the stanza to push the run to 20-0
  • SAU scored its second shot of the game, with 8:49 left on the clock
  • The teams then traded 5-0 (ECU) and 6-0 (SAU) runs for a 27-12 Tigers' lead, with 4:38 remaining
  • The Tigers ended the stanza on a 6-1 run for the 20-point advantage
• Third Quarter: 14-8 (47-21)
  • The Muleriders kept the disadvantage around 20 points for the first six minutes
  • ECU then started an 8-0 run over the next 2:30 minutes to increase the lead to 26 (45-19)
• Fourth Quarter: 18-6
  • In the first 2:30 minutes the Tigers pushed the lead to 31 (52-21)
  • Over the first 8:30 minutes there was close to a minute between each made shot
  • ECU kept up the pressure and increased the lead to 40 (62-22), with 2:30 left to play
  • SAU finished the game won a 5-3 run

Tiger Quick Shots

• The Tigers moved to 19-7 overall for the season
  • Tied for the sixth-most wins in a single season
  • Best finish is 30-5 in 1995-96
    • Best finish in the NCAA era is 20-11 (1997-98)
    • ECU has had 15-or-more wins in just four seasons as an NCAA member and 13 overall
• Sr. Lakin Preisner led the team with her ninth double-double of the season and the 12^th of her career
  • 14 pts., 12 reb., 2 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks
  • Now tied for 7^th on the ECU Career Double-Doubles list
  • First player since 1998-99 to make the list
    • Teresa Jones-Benson: 16 (1998-99)
• Fellow Sr. Tia Williams was the second player to record double-digits in the points column
  • 12 pts., 4 reb., 3 assists,1 block, 1 steal
• Jr. Sam Schwab recorded a career-best 12 rebounds­­
• The Tigers out-shot the Muleriders 44.6 % (25-56) to 19.0% (8-of-42)
  • ECU also earned a 40.9% (9-of-22) to 25.0% (4-of-16) advantage in three-point shots
• The Tigers claimed a 46-28 advantage on the boards
  • Includes a 12-6 lead in offensive rebounds
• ECU honored its two seniors (Preisner and Williams) between the men's and women's games
• The Tigers finished the season 10-2 at home
  • Best home record since 2013-14 season (13-1)
• ECU is currently tied for second in the Great American Conference standings
  • Tied with Harding and Southern Nazarene
• The 2018-19 GAC Championship Tournament field was finalized after today's games
  • The Tigers will be in the field with:
    • Southwestern Oklahoma State (No. 1)
    • Harding
    • Southern Nazarene
    • Henderson State
    • Southeastern Oklahoma State
    • Arkansas Tech
    • Northwestern Oklahoma State
  • SWOSU is the only team to secure its position

Up Next

• ECU will wrap up the 2018-19 regular season on the road
  • Thursday, Feb. 28 at Ouachita – 5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 2 at Henderson State – 1 p.m.
• The Tigers will then head to their eight-straight GAC Championship Tournament
  • March 7-10 in Bartlesville, Okla.